Christopher Viland, who abruptly stepped down as Cuyahoga County sheriff in April after serving for more than a year, has been chosen to run Cleveland police’s internal affairs unit, the city confirmed Monday.
Olivia Mitchell, cleveland.com
The move comes months after a monitor team overseeing the reform of the department criticized the unit and identified “continuing problems” with the group that examines officer misconduct. Originally, the position was to be handled by a civilian. But U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver, who is overseeing the decree, permitted for the city to include former law enforcement, a move that allowed Bakeman to take the job in 2018.
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